VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- Shawn Kemp had nine of
his 24 points in the fourth quarter as the Cleveland Cavaliers
held off a late charge to remain unbeaten against the Vancouver
Grizzlies, 82-80.

Leading 67-58 entering the final period, the Cavaliers appeared
to be cruising to their seventh straight win in the series. But
what was supposed to be one of the easier games on a seven-game
West Coast trip turned into a nail-biter when Vancouver opened
the final period with a 14-4 run to take a 72-71 lead with 4:49
to play.

Kemp snapped a 76-76 tie on a dunk with just under three minutes
left and made a free throw before hitting an 18-footer for an
81-78 lead with 31 seconds left.

He finished 10-of-18 from the floor and played most of the
fourth quarter with five fouls for the Cavaliers, who improved
to 1-1 on their road trip with visits to Sacramento, Seattle,
the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State and Phoenix still ahead of
them.

"If it's ugly, we'll take it. We've lost a lot of ugly games
this year," Kemp said. "When you're on the road, you do
anything to win. We got off to a good start, but they battled
back. With the rule changes this year, you basically have to
learn how to play when you're in foul trouble.

"I asked for the ball at the end of the game," he added. "You
don't play this game and not want to be the guy to step it up at
the end of a ballgame. That's what you play for. They expect
that from me here."

Vancouver's Michael Dickerson scored 23 points but missed an
open 20-footer with 16 seconds left before Shareef Abdur-Rahim's
potential tying 3-pointer clanged off the rim with 10 seconds
remaining.

"I felt like the shot was good," Abdur-Rahim said. "It looked
like it was going in, but unfortunately it scooped out."

The Grizzlies are 0-2 since an inspiring 4-1 road trip and
slipped to 5-13 at GM Place, matching their dismal record away
from home.

Grant Long scored a season-high 13 points off the bench and
sparked Vancouver's comeback after coach Lionel Hollins benched
most of his starters for a lackluster effort over the first
three periods.

Brevin Knight scored 16 points and backcourt mate Bob Sura
handed out 11 assists for the Cavs, who shot 42 percent
(34-of-81) and held a 45-38 advantage on the boards. Cleveland
scored 23 points off turnovers but yielded 24.

"Twenty-four points off our turnovers. If we cut that in half,
the game is not close," Cavs coach Randy Wittman said. "We had
trouble with 23 turnovers, our defense forced 20, which saved
us."

"When you're on the road, you take a win any way, sloppy,
beautiful, half-court shot at the buzzer, any win you'll take
it," Knight added.

Abdur-Rahim, Vancouver's leading scorer and rebounder, was
limited to 11 points and seven boards and played just one minute
in the fourth quarter. Dickerson and Bibby combined for just
four minutes in the final period, but Hollins relented and
installed all three starters for the stretch run.

"Thank you coach," Knight joked about Hollins' move. "What's
the coach's name? But I think that group of guys was going so
well, he didn't want to break that up."

"(The starters) were struggling," Hollins said. "I was trying
to win the game. They have been playing a lot of minutes and
those guys off the bench gave us energy, got us back into the
game. If I left those guys in there, playing big minutes, we
might have got beat by 20 (points)."

Bibby finished 2-of-11 from the field with four turnovers in 30
minutes and Abdur-Rahim was 4-of-10 with five giveaways in 32
minutes.

"I think tonight, more than anything, we lost the game early
on," Abdur-Rahim said. "We played hard and got back in the game
towards the end. I just want to win if (my sitting) gives us an
opportunity for us to win, so be it. In these last couple of
games, I don't feel good about how I played, but being my fourth
year, I went through something like this before. I've played
basketball long enough, I'm sure that I can play the way that I
can."

Rookie Milt Palacio was one of the benchwarmers who benefited
from Hollins' frustration with his starting five. The 6-3 guard
made consecutive driving layups to open the fourth quarter,
pulling the Grizzlies within 67-62 with 9:17 to play.

"I know the coach has a lot of confidence in me," Palacio said.
"He tells me everyday to play and keep doing what I'm doing and
working hard. Obviously, any minutes that I'm getting, I've got
to make the best of it and try to work hard and help the team
win."

After Kemp dunked, veteran sharpshooter Dennis Scott hit a
3-pointer and a 17-footer to cut the deficit to 69-67 with 7:43
left. Kemp came back with two free throws but Long made a layup
and three free throws to put Vancouver in front, 72-71, for the
first time since the first quarter.

Cleveland rookie Andre Miller made 1-of-2 from the line and
exchanged baskets with Long to forge a 74-74 tie with 4:01
remaining. Lamond Murray hit an 18-footer to put the Cavs back
ahead but Othella Harriongton's follow shot knotted the contest
for the 11th time before Kemp's dunk put Cleveland ahead to stay
with 2:58 to go.

Kemp got off to a hot start, making 5-of-8 shots for 11 points
and staking the Cavs to a 26-20 lead after one quarter. The
Grizzlies stayed within striking distance by winning the second
period, 22-20, but came undone in the third, committing six
turnovers and misfiring on 10-of-16 shots to raise the ire of
Hollins.